Map of Hildesheim, Germany

Hildesheim is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, with a population of about 103,052. It lies at 52.1508°N, 9.9511°E, about 93 m above sea level. Hildesheim is about 239 km (148 mi) west of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Laatzen, 21 km to the northwest.

Hildesheim at a glance

Where is Hildesheim?

• The 8th largest city in Lower Saxony on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 43 min on the shortest day to 16 h 46 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Hildesheim

• Laatzen — 21 km northwest
• Lehrte — 25 km north
• Peine — 27 km northeast
• Hanover — 29 km northwest
• Salzgitter — 32 km east
• Langenhagen — 36 km northwest
• Seelze — 36 km northwest
• Garbsen — 38 km northwest
• Wolfenbüttel — 40 km east
• Hameln — 41 km west

Largest cities in Lower Saxony

• Hanover — 515,140
• Braunschweig — 244,715
• Osnabrück — 166,462
• Oldenburg — 159,218
• Wolfsburg — 123,064
• Göttingen — 122,149
• Salzgitter — 104,970
• Wilhelmshaven — 84,393
• Delmenhorst — 75,893
• Lüneburg — 71,260

Largest cities in Germany

• Berlin — 3,426,354
• Hamburg — 1,973,896
• Munich — 1,505,005
• Cologne — 1,024,621
• Frankfurt am Main — 650,000
• Düsseldorf — 618,685
• Stuttgart — 612,663
• Essen — 593,085
• Dortmund — 588,462
• Dresden — 564,904

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.